Thomas Bacon, general merchandise dealer of Pacific, was born in St. Louis County, Mo., December 2, 1838. His parents were Edward and Elvira (Hurt) Bacon, natives of Virginia and Missouri, respectively, who had nine children, of whom Thomas was the fourth. Edward Bacon, a farmer by occupation, was a son of Langston and Elizabeth Bacon. Mrs. Elvira Bacon was a daughter of Berry and Lucinda Hurt, of French descent. Thomas Bacon was educated at the common schools of his native county. He was reared on a farm until fifteen years of age (1853) when he moved to Pacific and clerked in a saloon owned by A. McClure about two months; he then secured a clerkship in the dry goods store of Mr. Watson, where he remained about five years. He subsequently began braking on a freight train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, at which he continued about one year, and the following year took charge of a general store, owned by Reese & Morris, at Catawissa. In about a year he was appointed mail agent on the 'Frisco Railroad (the first one on that road), at which he continued eleven months, being removed by President Lincoln. He then opened a general store in Pacific, which he sold to Mr. Northington in 1870, soon securing a position as bookkeeper for the Metropolitan Hotel, of Little Rock, Ark., remaining twelve months, when he went to New York City. After one and one-half years he returned to Pacific; in 1880 went to Alamosa, Colo., where he clerked in the Perry Hotel; in 188J went to Eureka Springs and acted as hotel clerk two years, then returned to Pacific, and established an auction business, which he conducted until 1883, since which time he has been engaged in his present business. He served in the Missouri Slate Militia during the late war. October 9, 1864, he married Mrs. Malinda Eoff, nee Pruitt, who died May 11,1870. June 23,1880, Mr. Bacon married Mary V. Dawes, a native of Franklin County, Mo., and a daughter of William and Mary V. (Triplett) Dawes, natives of Kentucky and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have three children, Bay E., Milton E. L. and Grover T. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bacon is a Democrat in politics and a Royal Arch Mason.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Julian Bagby, senior member of the firm of J. Bagby & Son, proprietors and owners of the New Haven Nurseries, established their business in 1867, twelve miles south of New Haven on Cedar Fork. They continued there until 1872, when the location was transferred to their present property, which is located one mile southwest of the Missouri Pacific depot at New Haven. The company is carrying a complete stock of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruit of all kinds, etc. This is one of the most extensive and complete nurseries in Southeast Missouri, having an annual stock of about 200,000 apple, besides other varieties of fruit in proportion. They furnish employment for from ten to twenty men in the nursery proper, and about twenty salesmen. Mr. Bagby in a native of Cumberland County, Va., born in 1834, and the son of Madison and Martha (Hudgins) Bagby, natives of Buckingham and Cumberland Counties, respectively. The father was born in 1808, and the mother in 1813; they were married in 1833, and removed to Memphis Tenn., in 1847. They afterward moved to Weakley County, Tenn., where the father died in 1863. He was a millwright by trade. The father went to Memphis to assist in the navy yard during the Mexican War. He was of English descent and the son of James Bagby, also a native Virginian. The mother of our subject died in Franklin County, Mo., in 1885. Julian was reared at home, and secured a common-school education. In 1854 he came to Missouri, and spent one year at the Springfield Male Academy, after which he taught for several years in Franklin County, where he was married in March, 1857, to Miss Mary E. Bridges, daughter of Andrew W. and Elizabeth Bridges. Mr. Bridges was born in Scotland, and Mrs. Bridges in Virginia, where they were married. In 1841 they came to Franklin County, where the father died in 1875, at the age of eighty-seven. The mother still lives on the old farm, and is eighty-seven years old. To Mr. Bagby and wife wore born six sons and one daughter, viz.: Dr. Oliver, a practicing physician in Indian Territory; Robert J., of the firm of J. Bagby & Son; Mattie, John L. and James E. (twins), Willie and Louie. Mr. Bagby located at Cedar Forks, where he farmed and taught school until 1867, since which time he has followed the business as above stated. He served six months in the Southern army, under Capt. James Bell, as orderly sergeant in Gen. Jackson's Home Guards. He is enthusiastic in the cause of education, and has spared no pains in educating his children. One is a graduate of the State University. Mr. Bagby is a life-long and consistent Democrat in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan in 1856. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is a self-made man, having started in life a poor boy, but through his industry and devotion to business has amassed a comfortable competency; being now the owner of over eighty acres near New Haven.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
J. P. Bagby, deputy sheriff under Sheriff Ehlers, of Franklin County, is the son of William T. and Frances (Snoddy) Bagby, both of whom were born in Buckingham County, Va. From that, State the parents removed to St. Charles County, Mo., and in 1844 came to Franklin County. They next removed to Johnson County, Mo., and returned to Franklin County in 1864, where the following year the father died. The mother now resides on a farm in Lyon Township, Franklin County. Our subject was born in Johnson County, Mo., June 19, 1861, and was reared on the farm. He succeeded in obtaining a fair education in the public schools of Franklin County, and in 1881 taught school in that county. He continued that occupation during 1882 and 1883, and two years later removed to Union, and the same year entered the county assessor's office, where he continued as deputy until the summer of 1886, when he served as deputy in the circuit clerk's office for several months. Upon the election of Sheriff Ehlers he was appointed chief deputy, a position he holds at the present, making a faithful and efficient officer.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Joseph Bardot is a native of Upper Saone, France, born February 27, 1829, and is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph Athanase and Marie Elizabeth Bardot, natives of Upper Saone, France. Joseph A. Bardot served in the war of 1814 under Napoleon Bonaparte; he also served as mayor of his native town. He was a farmer by occupation, and a son of Andre Bardot, who married a Miss Marie Jaco. Mrs. Elizabeth Bardot was a daughter of John Peter Louis and Mary Anne Pequignot, natives also of Upper Saone, France, where they lived and died. Joseph Bardot was reared on the farm, which occupation he has always followed. He began doing for himself when nineteen years old, and by industry and good management now owns 863 acres of well improved land. He was married August 29, 1854, to Marie Thairaise, a native of Alsace, France, and a daughter of George Voisine and Marie Thairaise. Mrs. Bardot came to the United States in 1853, and first settled in Shelby County, Ohio. Mr. Bardot also started to this country in 1853 (with only enough money to pay his passage), first located in Shelby County, Ohio, and in 1859 settled on the farm where he now resides, in Franklin County, Mo. Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bardot, viz.: Louis L., Anthony, Joseph L., Josephine M., Peter C, Elizabeth, Julius, Julia T., John Baptiste, Augustus and Marie Josephine. The parents are members of the Catholic Church, and Mr. Bardot is a Democrat in politics.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
John C. Barrett, an old and prominent citizen of Franklin County, was born in Eastern Virginia, October 33,1814, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Brisco) Barrett, who were native Virginians, and who passed their las days in that State. The father was an overseer, and died when our subject was a child. The mother then married James Jones. At the early age of ten John C. was cast upon the world to shift for himself. He went to live with a cousin, and there remained until twenty years of age, getting nothing for his work. He then left for the Rappahannock River country and was engaged as an overseer for the small salary of $135 per year. This was the first money received by him for work. He then went to Jefferson County, now West Virginia, near Charleston, and again obtained work as overseer, where he remained six years, being in the employ of a nephew of Gen. George Washington, Bushrod Washington. While in Jefferson County, Va., he married Miss Ann Lay, a native of that county, who came to Missouri in 1841. She was born in August, 1834, and died in Franklin County, Mo., in 1852. To this marriage were born eight children, only three now living, viz.: William H., James P., and D. Jane. In 1853 Mr. Barrett took for his second wife Miss Margaret (Groff) Giersa, a daughter of Andrew Groff, and the widow of George L. Giersa. She was born in Franklin County, Mo., September 16, 1831, and died in the same county October 19, 1887. To them were born nine children, four now living: John C, Harriet, Nora and Groff. Although starting in life with very little of this world's goods Mr. Barrett has accumulated considerable property, and can live in comfort the balance of his days. In 1850, in company with George L. Giersa and others, be crossed the plains to California, driving four teams of oxen. While on the way he took the cholera, and by using his own medicine cured himself, but owing to ill health returned shortly, satisfied that health was better than wealth.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
John T. Barrett, a farmer, stock raiser, and dealer in agricultural implements, is a native of St. Louis, and was born in 1850. He is the eldest of the ten children born to Patrick and Mary (Garner) Barrett, native of County Mayo, Ireland. Patrick Barrett, a farmer by occupation, came to this country with his parents, who first settled in St. Louis, Mo., where they remained about nine years. Mrs. Mary Barrett came to the United States with her brother, landing at New Orleans, where the latter died of yellow fever, and she proceeded alone to St. Louis. When John T. Barrett was eight years old his parents moved to the farm where he has since resided. He was educated in the public schools of the county, and was principally engaged in farming until his marriage, when he began handling all kinds of farm machinery, at which he was exclusively engaged eight years, since which time he has divided his attention between his business and the management of his farm. In 1877 he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine A. Brennan, a daughter of Thomas and Ann (McAllaster) Brennan. They are the parents of five children, viz.: Mary Ann, Jane, Catherine, Martin, Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett are members of the Catholic Church. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge of Pacific, and in politics is a Democrat.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
J. H. Bartle, an enterprising merchant of St. Claire, was born in Prairie Township, Franklin Co., Mo., December 20, 1849, the eldest of the four children born to Wiiliam H. and Maria (Brewer) Bartle, natives, respectively, of Cameron, England, and Illinois. The parents were married in Franklin County, Mo., whither the father came in 1844, and the mother with her parents some time later; the former died in 1883, and the latter is still living in St. Claire, at the age of fifty-five. Though the father owned and resided on a farm he was always engaged in mining, and was manager of the Silver Lead and St. Claire Mines for many years. J. H. Bartle was educated in the common schools, and at the age of nineteen began clerking for Dr. Payne, at Moselle, where he remained eighteen months, at the expiration of which time he returned to the home of his parents and engaged in teaching until 1877. He then established a mercantile store at St. Claire, which for one year was conducted by Mrs. Bartle; during that time Mr. Bartle was engaged in the Northumberland Lead Mines, with which he has since been connected, but has devoted his attention more particularly to the mercantile business. At present he is manager of the Northumber-land Mines, owns and manages a store, shoe-shop, lumber yard, livery stable and lead-ore smelter. July 4, 1872, he was united in marriage with Mattie, daughter of Jordan and Rachel (Taylor) Glenn, who was born in Crawford County, Mo., March 18, 1848, and came with her parents to Franklin County when a child. Mr. and Mrs. Bartle were the parents of one child, now deceased. Mr. Bartle is the possessor of forty-two lots and seven dwellings within the corporation of St. Claire, twenty acres of land adjoining the place, and 160 acres in Prairie Township. May 11, 1885, he began smelting lead ore, and since that time has bought, dug out, smelted and shipped to St. Louis over $43,000 worth of lead. As a result of his close application to business he has been unusually successful. He is a Democrat in politics, and first voted for Horace Greeley in 1872. He is a worthy member of Union Lodge, No. 173, A. F. & A. M., and of Excelsior Lodge, No. 399, A. O. U. W. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and lend cheerful support to all worthy enterprises.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Henry R. Bauman, druggist of Washington, is the son of Rudolph and Louise Mary (Kriegel) Bauman. He was born in Washington, Franklin Co., Mo., in 1855, and educated in the public schools of that town. At the age of fifteen he began serving an apprenticeship as a printer boy, and worked at the same for three years. The business not suiting him he abandoned it and began clerking in a drug store in Washington, and worked two years, at the end of which time he went to St. Louis and engaged in the same business. At the age of twenty-one he went to Louisville, Ky., and, after following the clerkship a short time, began business on his own responsibility as a druggist. August 22, 1877, he married Miss Lizzie Fehrman, a native of Washington, Mo., born in 1855, and the daughter of Herman and Eliza (Otto) Fehrman. To this union were born three children: Alfred, George and Edward. In 1884 Mr. Bauman came to Washington, and here he has since been engaged in the drug business. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for Hayes in 1876. He and wife are members of the Evangelical Reformed Church. The father of our subject was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1831, and was a tailor by trade. He came to Washington, Mo., when a young man, and worked at his trade; was married in that town in 1855, and in the spring of 1862 enlisted in Company G, Thirty-first Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Infantry; was killed at the battle of Vicksburg, and buried near the city. His wife was born in Germany in 1834, and came to the United States when a young lady. After the death of Mr. Bauman she married H. Winterberg, with whom she now lives in Washington.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
BAUR, Edwin, life insurance; born Union, Franklin Co., Mo., Jan. 28, 1870; son of Anton and Marie (Lescher) Baur; educated Union public schools; Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal School, 1890; unmarried. Learned monumental business under brother and father; became agent of Union Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Portland, Me., 1893; was made cashier of St. Louis office, 1896, and manager same, 1910. Also secretary C. H. Meinhard Cigar Co. Republican. Lutheran. Member Knights of Pythias. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations: baseball, hunting and fishing. Office: 323-324 Commercial Bldg. Residence: Waldorf Apts., 4300 Lindell Ave.
(Source: The Book of St. Louisans, Publ. 1912. Transcribed by Charlotte Slater)
Mathew Bay, farmer and stock raiser, was born in the locality where he now resides in 1839; he was reared on the farm, which occupation he has since followed, and received his education in the common schools of the county. He was the eldest in the family of twelve children born to James M. and Ann (Cole) Bay, natives, respectively, of St. Louis and Franklin Counties, Mo. James M. Bay served eight years as justice of the peace in Franklin County, and when Calvey post office, which was established in 1850, was moved to its present location in 1861, he was appointed postmaster, in which capacity he has since served; he was a son of Samuel and Sallie (Muaick) Bay, who settled in St. Louis County, Mo., about 1808, where the former purchased 900 arpents of land for an Indian pony. Samuel Bay was a son of Huey Bay, possibly a native of Ireland, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Ann Bay, mother of our subject, was a daughter of Mathew and Sarah (Johns) Cole, natives of Kentucky, the latter a daughter of John and Lydia Johns. Mathew Cole was a son of Eleven and Sarah Cole, natives of Kentucky. Eleven Cole and John Johns served in the British army during the Revolution. Mathew Bay owns sixty acres of well-improved land where he now resides. He was married in 1865 to Miss Lizzie Wilson, a native of Beaver County, Penn., who came with her parents to Missouri when thirteen years old. They have six children, viz.: Luella, Cora, Nora, James W., Stanley 8. and Edith. July 15, 1861, Mr. Bay enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Missouri Infantry, and was mustered out of service at Memphis, Tenn., August 5, 1864, having received a wound at the battle of Marksville Prairie. He served three terms as justice of the peace, is a Master Mason, a member of the G. A. K., and a Republican in politics. Mrs. Bay is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
John F. Becker, farmer, was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1832, where he grew up and was educated. During his youthful days he was a shepherd boy, and at the age of twenty-one he decided to come to America in order to escape military duty. Not having a pass or any money he, and some others, who were also escaping service, worked in the harbor during the night and hid during the day. After buying a pass for $5 he had just enough money left to bring him to Baltimore, where he borrowed $12, and then came on to St. Louis, and found his uncle, who was living in that county. As soon as he could earn money enough he aided his parents and five of the children over from the old country. His father, John F., was a native of Westphalia, Germany, was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1862, at the age of sixty-two. The mother, Mary L. Kenemann, also a native of the same country, is still living, and is eighty-five years of age. Our subject at first bought forty-four acres of timber. He now owns 200 acres of good land. In 1865 he married Mrs. Mary King, nee Breckenkamp, a native of Westphalia, born in 1829. Her first husband was murdered by Price's men in 1864. Four children, Louisa, Emma, Lizzie and Anna, were the issue of her first marriage, and three children were born to her second marriage, viz.: Mary, Sophia and Katie. All the family belong to the Evangelical Church. In politics Mr. Becker is a stanch Republican; he has resided in this county for thirty-four years.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Frederick W. Becker, farmer, was born in the year 1850 on the farm where he now resides. He is the son of Peter and Mary (Kneifer) Becker, both natives of Germany. They came to America when young, and were among the early settlers of Franklin County. After purchasing the place where our subject now lives they never moved, but remained there the balance of their days. They both died in the year 1861, the mother in February, and the father in March. Of their family of six children, four now living, Frederick being the third. He reached his majority on the farm, and received his education principally in German, although he attended English schools for some time. In 1881 he married Louisa Bohnenkamp, a native of Franklin County, born in 1854. The result of this union was the birth of two children, Ida W. and Amanda W. After marriage Mr. Becker settled upon his present farm, which consists of 270 acres of land. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a resident of Franklin County for thirty-seven years. Mr. Becker and his wife are members of the Evangelical Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Frederick T. Beckmann, one of the oldest citizens and merchants of Franklin County, is the son of Frederick and Fredericka (Waldschmidt) Beckmann, who were born, married and reared a family of eight children in Hesse Cassel, Germany, where they passed their days. The father was a Protestant preacher, and lived to be sixty-two years of age. The mother died at the age of eighty-six. Frederick T. was born in Hesse Cassel in 1814, and received every advantage for an excellent education. After attending the public schools he graduated at the gymnasium, and then entered the university at Marburg, where he took a course in law, but a change of purpose caused him to take a course in theology, graduating in 1845. He then entered upon his ministerial duties, continuing at the same for about two and a half years. In 1850 he came to America, located in St. Louis, and, after living there a short time, moved to New Orleans, where he sold newspapers, books, etc. While there, and in 1852, he married Miss Charlotte B. Pfotenhauer, a highly educated German lady, born at Eisenach, Germany, in the year 1819. Having located in Ste. Genevieve he followed peddling for some time, after which he purchased a small farm near Ste. Genevieve, on which he lived for about five years. After spending some time in Illinois, he came to Franklin County, opened a store, and has continued merchandising ever since. In 1885 he had the misfortune to lose his wife, and is now spending his last days alone. Mr. Beckmann was a Democrat in politics before the war, and since that event has been a Republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, as was also his wife.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
Bernhard Beckmann, merchant, was born in Germany in 1840, and is the son of Casper and Mary (Maune) Beckmann, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father died when Bernhard was but nine weeks old, and in 1850, with his mother and twin sister, our subject immigrated to America, landing at New Orleans. From that city they went immediately to St. Louis, and two days later removed to Union, Franklin County. Here they took up their residence on a farm two miles from that town. The mother died in 1859. Bern-hard remained on the farm for five years, and then located in St. Louis, where, until the breaking out of the late war, he worked at his trade, brick making. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, First Regiment of Missouri Infantry, and served three months. He then re-enlisted for three years, joining Company M, of the Second Missouri Light Artillery. He was mustered out at St. Louis, October 6, 1863, and then again enlisted, this time in Company B, of the Forty-seventh Missouri Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He then returned to St. Louis, and remained there three years, after which he removed to Union and opened a brickyard. In 1870 he was united in marriage to Sophia Krege, a native of Franklin County, born in 1845, and died in 1870. To them were born two children, Katie and Edward, both deceased. One year previous to the death of his wife Mr. Beckmann abandoned brick making and engaged in the saloon business. In 1880 he was united in marriage to Napoleon Berger, a native of Germany. In February, 1887, he engaged in his present business, and now carries on a general merchandise store, keeping for sale dry goods, groceries, hardware, queensware, glassware, canned goods, cigars, tobacco, candies, and in fact a general line.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co. Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
BEECHER, John Lyman, proprietor Hand Goods Bakery; born, Washington (franklin Co), Mo., Aug. 22, 1853; son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Smith) Beecher; educated in public and private schools, Newport, Mo.; public schools, St. Paul, Minn., and private schools, Pottstown and Philadelphia, Pa.; married, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1881, Mary Elizabeth O'Reilly; children: Samuel Lyman, Daniel Adrian. Began business career as clerk with the Singer Sewing Machine Co., 1872, continuing until 1879; began Sept. 1, 1879, with Dozier, Weyl & Co., which later became Dozier Bakery, merged into The National Biscuit Co., and for many years was manager of "Hand Goods" Bakery at 205 North 6th St.; moved to 607 Pine St., 1906, purchased business (still known to the public as Dozier Bakery), Feb. 1, 1910. Democrat. Recreation: motor boating. Office: 607 Pine St. Residence: 4929 Reber PL.
(Source: The Book of St. Louisans, Publ. 1912. Transcribed by Charlotte Slater)
BEINKE, Henry F., contractor and builder; born, Franklin Co., Mo., Jan. 14, 1848; son of John F. and Anna M. (Bruning) Beinke; educated in common schools and two years' course in a German school; married, Washington, Mo., Feb. 5, 1874, Mary C. Michael; five children: Frank C., Mrs. Metta C. Linder, Lydia L., Mrs. Adele L. Nesslag and Belmont W., all of St. Louis. Was apprenticed to carpenter's trade at thirteen; worked for two years at Washington, Mo., and as journeyman for brother, Herman H., one year; was employed in Kansas City, Mo., for a year, and then came to St. Louis; after two years he went to Washington, Mo., and spent thirteen years there, returning to St. Louis, 1881; has since engaged in contracting. Republican. Member German Evangelical Church. Residence: 4807 Cote Brilliante Ave.
(Source: The Book of St. Louisans, Publ. 1912. Transcribed by Charlotte Slater)
Herman H. Beinke, contractor, builder, and dealer in all kinds of lumber, sash, doors, blinds, etc., of Washington, is a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1840, and the son of John Frederick and Anne Marie (Bruning) Bienke, natives of Germany, born in 1801 and 1812, respectively. In 1843 the father immigrated to the United States, and bought an acre of land in St. Louis for $275, now in the neighborhood of Mullanphy and Sixteenth Streets. He lived there one year, after which he sold out and bought eighty acres eight miles south of Washington, in Franklin County, the farm now being owned by Henry Meyer, and here passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1864. His wife died in 1857. She was the mother of nine children, only six of whom are living. Herman H. was the second child, and was quite small when brought by his parents to Franklin County. He was reared and grew to manhood on his father's farm, and at the age of sixteen learned the carpenter's trade, working as an apprentice for two years. In 1859 he went to St. Louis, and began working as a journeyman, and so continued until the breaking out of hostilities between the North and South. Being a strong Union man he enlisted, April 17, 1861, in Company A, First Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, for three months, commanded by Col. Frank P. Blnir; was in several skirmishes, and at the end of his enlistment returned home and commenced working in Washington. In January, 1864, Mr. Beinke and John M. Degen formed a partnership, and began contracting and building. This firm lasted nearly two years, and in October, 1865, they dissolved partnership, and from the last named date until the present Mr. Beinke has conducted the business on his own responsibility with the exception of about eighteen months, when his brother, Henry, became his partner, the firm then being Beinke Bros. He also keeps a lumber yard, and is one of Washington's most substantial business men. He has erected upward of 150 houses in Washington and vicinity, furnishes the best material, and is doing an extensive business. In January, 1866, he married Miss Mary Charlotte Oetktr, who was born in Washington, Mo., in 1846, and who is the daughter of Henry Oetker. The fruits of this union were six children, four of whom are living: Amos, Regina, Hilda and Arthur. Mr. Beinke is a Republican in politics, a member of the G. A. R., D. O. H., U. T. B., and he and wife are members of the Protestant Church. In 1869 he was elected a member of the town council, and served ten years. In 1887 he was again elected, and is a member at the present time. He has been a member of the school board for the past three years, and has been treasurer of the same the entire time. He was also town collector two terms.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
Transcribed by Barb Z. -2008
JESSE WILLIAM BELL. Since he was seventeen years of age Jesse William Bell has found a sphere of usefulness and honorable activity as a citizen in Oklahoma. He prospered as a farmer, and has also been in mercantile activities and is publisher of one of the leading papers of the county, and at the present time is serving as postmaster of LaKemp.
He was born in a log house on a farm in Franklin County, Missouri, April 8, 1881, a son of William Lafayette and Amy Lee (Farrar) Bell, both of whom were natives of the same county. His grandparents were Russell and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Bell. Russell Bell was a Confederate soldier during the Civil war, and was captain of a company in the army commanded by General Sterling Price. William Lafayette Bell was born August 20, 1854, and died in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, September 29, 1902. His life was spent as a farmer, and in 1898 he came to Oklahoma and his closing years were spent in this state. On June 12, 1873, he married Amy Lee Farrar, who was born in Franklin County, Missouri, July 31, 1854, and is now living at LaKemp. Her parents were Jesse P. and Mary (Bullock) Farrar. He was born in Missouri and she in Ohio. William L. Bell and wife were the parents of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, nine of whom are still living: Edward Russell, who was born April 23, 1874, and is now a farmer in Beaver County, was married in 1896 to Susie E. Hethcock; Birtie E., born February 6, 1876, married in 1908 Samuel McGrath and they now live at Seattle, Washington; Mollie Virginia, born July 12, 1878, in Texas, was married in 1895 to Marion F. Hethcock and they live on a farm in Beaver County; the fourth in age is Jesse William; Thomas Franklin was born September 21, 1884, and lives at May, Washington; Minnie Pearl, born May 18, 1886, and was married in 1912 to Bruce Eslick, and they live in Montana; Drusie was born in 1888 and died in 1891; Arthur Lafayette, born March 5, 1891, died January 9, 1916; Ollie Clinton, born November 3, 1893, is now a farmer in Baca County, Colorado; Sylvia Mabel, born September 24, 1897, was married in 1915 to Howard Gordon, who is a farmer in Baca County, Colorado; Girtie Lee was born February 3, 1901, and is now with her mother.
Jesse W. Bell is the type of citizen who makes the best of his opportunities wherever he finds them. His early life was spent on his father's farm in Franklin County, Missouri, and he had a public school education. In 1898 he came to Oklahoma with his parents, and in 1907 he located a tract of government land in Beaver County two miles east of the present Town of LaKemp. He still owns that land and has increased it by considerable other valuable holdings in the country district of the county. In 1912 leaving the farm Mr. Bell engaged in the drug business at the new Town of LaKemp, and in the same year he bought the LaKemp Mirror, of which he was editor and publisher until February, 1915, when he removed the plant to Beaver, the county seat, and changed the name of the paper to the Democrat. It is now published under the incorporated title of the Enterprise Publishing Company, of which Mr. Bell is secretary and treasurer. Mr. Bell was appointed postmaster of LaKemp August 23, 1914, and is giving a very efficient administration of that office. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and with the Modern Woodmen of America, and politically his actions have always been in line with the democratic party. On February 14, 1904, at Tecumseh, Oklahoma, he married Miss Dora May Little, who was born on a farm in Hickory County, North Carolina, August 23, 1887, a daughter of F. P. and Elizabeth (Little) Little, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. The Little family came to Oklahoma in 1901, when Mrs. Bell was about fourteen years of age and located in Pottawatomie County. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have four children: Jesse Charles, born September 13, 1908; Edith Lee, born June 30, 1911; Irl Clinton, born August 3, 1913; and Thelma Elizabeth, born October 27, 1915.
[Source: “A Standard History of Oklahoma” Volume V; by Joseph B. Thoburn; copyright 1916; Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney]
William M. Bell, a prominent farmer of Franklin County, and one of its older citizens, was born in the county in 1827. Of the twelve children born to William and Polly (Armstrong) Bell he was the third. He received a good common school education and was reared on the farm until he reached his majority, and as an occupation he has followed farming through life. When nineteen years of age he entered the Mexican War in Company E, First Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers, and was in active service one year; he participated in the battle of Sacramento, February 28, 1847, under Col. A. W. Doniphan, and was mustered out at New Orleans in June, 1847, when he returned home. In 1850 he married Anna, daughter of John Armstrong. Leaving his bride, Mr. Bell then went to California, where he remained three years, and as a result of hard work and good management was enabled at the end of that time to return with about 82.500. To Mr. and Mrs. Bell were born eleven children, of whom only four survive, viz.: William A., John L., Mary V. and Louisa J. During the late war Mr. Bell was a Southern sympathizer. He is a stanch Democrat, and lends his hearty and cheerful support to his party, but is not apolitical aspirant. In 1855 he embarked in the mercantile business at his present homestead, which he closed out at the end of three years, and turned his attention to farming and trading. He has made substantial progress in the accumulation of property, and now owns over 400 acres of land, besides having given all his children small farms. Mr. Bell is a Freemason, and, with his wife, is a worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They enjoy the respect and esteem of the whole neighborhood.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Andrew J Bell was born in Franklin County, Mo., October 24, 1829, and is the fifth in the family of twelve children of William and Polly (Armstrong) Bell, natives of Missouri. He was reared on a farm, his educational advantages being limited, and at the age of twenty began doing for himself, and in 1850, with only money enough to reach his destination, emigrated to California, where he worked in the gold mines, accumulated considerable means and traded some in stock. In 1858 he returned to his native home, in Franklin County, Mo., with about $2,500, and settled on a farm. He married Sarah V., daughter of Andrew McAllister, and of the twelve children born to their union ten are living, viz.: Elizabeth F., Andrew L., Francis E., James W.. Cora B., Bertha A., Allen E., William J., Beverly C. and an infant son. Mr. Bell owns 340 acres of improved land, well stocked, and has a pleasant home, where he is surrounded by an interesting family, who command the respect of the neighborhood. He does his part in assisting and maintaining the church and ministry and all laudable enterprises of the county.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Andrew Bergraaun was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 20, 1832, and is the son of John and Anna (Bergmann) Bergmann.both natives of Bavaria,where they passed their lives. The mother died at the age of fifty-two, but the father still lives and is eighty-five years old. His occupation has been that of a farmer. Of their family of eight children, five sons and three daughters, Andrew is the third child and the only one who immigrated to America. He landed at Baltimore, Md., in 1853, and, after working for nearly a year in a glass factory and rolling mill, he turned his attention to the river, and for about nine years ran as deck-hand, fireman, watchman and second mate. He then engaged as porter and later as salesman in a large wholesale and retail establishment in St. Louis, where he remained four years. Having been offered better wages at New Orleans, he left for that place but the war broke out and he, fearing lest he should be forced into the Confederate service, went to New York and volunteered in Battery I, First New York Light Artillery. After driving cannon for about two years, he was promoted to horse farrier, which position he held until the close of the war. When the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps were consolidated into the Twentieth, he was transferred to Sherman's command at Chattanooga, and continued with him until cessation of hostilities. At the battle of Gettysburg, a shell took off the top of his cap and cut the hair from the top of his head In 1865 he was mustered out at Buffalo and returned to St. Louis, where he followed teaming. In 1868 he married Miss Katie Toennies, a native of Oldenburg, Germany, born in 1838. She came with her parents to this country in 1865. One year after marriage Mr. Bergmann and wife moved to Franklin County, Mo., and settled on his present farm, which consists of 187 acres. Their married life was blessed by the birth of one child, a daughter, named Anna M. The family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Bergmann was a Democrat until about two years after the war, since which time he has been an ardent Republican. He is a member of the 6. A. R. Francis Wilhelm Post, No. 344. For nineteen years he has been a resident of this county, and is accounted a successful farmer.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Rev. Edward Berry, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, near Catawissa, Mo., was born in Queen's County, Ireland, and when sixteen years old entered the classical school of Cloneslee, Ireland, to prepare himself for college. At the age of twenty-one he entered the rhetoric class of Carlow College, where he was very successful in bis studies, and was ordained priest at the age of twenty-seven. He immigrated to the United States in 1856, first settling in Monroe County, Mo., in charge of the Indian Creek Church, where he labored two and one-half years. He was then called to St. Louis as assistant pastor of St. Bridget's Church, which position he held five years, when he accepted his present charge. He has been successful in his ministerial work, and has organized and built several churches, among them the church at Pacific. Mo., one at Indian Creek and one at Byrnesville, Jefferson County, as well as the one over which he has presided so successfully the past twenty-four years, all lasting monuments of his efficiency as a church organizer and successful pastor. He was also instrumental in organizing the St. Patrick Benevolent and Literary Society, which was established about 1866. When first given control of work in this district Father Berry had charge of organizations at Pacific, Byrnesville and Catawissa, at all of which places he has built substantial church-houses, and all now have resident pastors. For the past six years Father Berry has had sole charge of St. Patrick's Church. Ha was the third of seven children of Charles and Mary (Conroy) Berry, natives of Queen's County, Ireland, where they lived and died; the former was a farmer by occupation.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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F. W. Berthold, a native of Prussia, was born March 30, 1836, and is the second of the six children of John C. and Hermina (Becker) Berthold, the former a carpenter by trade. When fourteen years of age, F. W. Berthold came to the United States with his parents, settling first in Hermann, Mo., where they resided about two years, and then removed to Union, Franklin Co., Mo. When seventeen years old our subject began to learn the carpenter's trade, which has since been his principal occupation, working at bridge and depot building at the time of the erection of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, Seventeenth Missouri Infantry, served three years, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. As a result of his perseverance and economy, he owns an improved farm of 160 acres. He was married June 14, 1862, to Emily Kierspe, a native of Germany. They have had eight children: Edward, Laura, John (deceased), Lena, John, William, Otto (deceased) and Alfred (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Berthold are members of the Evangelical Church. Politically, he is a Republican; he is a member of Keeler Post, No. 152, G. A. R.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Franklin Beyersdorf, M. D., is the son of Daniel P. and Mina (Trautwein) Beyersdorf, both natives of Germany. They came to America about 1839, and were here married. The mother had previously been married to a man by the name of Gulden, and had one daughter. By her second marriage she had six children, four sons and two daughters. The father was a farmer by occupation, but was a man of more than ordinary ability, having graduated at the gymnasium of Greifswald. He graduated in theology at the University of Halle, but never preached but one sermon; that being criticized by a superior, he gave up the profession. For several years he was tutor in a private family, and then came to this country. He wrote quite extensively on agricultural subjects, and was well versed in meteorological observations. After living at Hermann, Gasconade Co., Mo., until 1856, he came to Franklin County, and here passed the remainder of his days, dying at the age of seventy-two. The mother died at the age of forty-four. Franklin, the youngest child of his parents, was born at Hermann, Gasconade Co., Mo., in the year 1853, and was only two years old when he lost his mother. He attended school but little, but, under the instruction of his father, improved rapidly. At the age of twenty-one he entered the State University, and spent two years in the literary department and one year in the medical department. In 1879 he graduated at the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, and the same year located at Beemont, where he has practiced since. In 1881 Dr. Beyersdorf married Miss Anna M. Horstmann, a native of Gasconade County, Mo., born in the year 1862, and the fruits of this union were three children: Truda E. (deceased), Alfred A., and Lucy L. Both the Doctor and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat in politics, and for eight years has practiced his profession successfully in this county.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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BISHOP, C(ampbell) Orrick, lawyer; born, Union, Franklin Co., Mo., Dec. 28, 1842; son of David H. and Sarah Lee (Lindsay) Bishop; graduated from St. Louis Central High School, 1858; Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., A.B., 1862, A.M., 1891, LL.D., 1903; graduated from Louisville (Ky.) Law School, LL.B., 1867; unmarried. Admitted to bar in 1867; was assistant circuit attorney, 1883-97, and 1901-05; appointed circuit judge by Governor Folk, in March, 1905, and assigned to Division 12, and the Juvenile Court until January, 1907. Instructor in criminal law, Washington University, Law Department, 1894-1909; now holding similar position St. Louis University Law School. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member St. Louis Bar Association, Missouri Historical Society, Washington University Association, Westminster Alumni Society, Virginia Society, Blackstone Society. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Office: 711-712 Security Bldg. Residence: Missouri Athletic Club.
(Source: The Book of St. Louisans, Publ. 1912. Transcribed by Charlotte Slater)
John A. Blanton, a blacksmith and wagon-maker, of Sullivan, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Monroe County, Tenn., May 1, 1830. He is the fourth of fourteen children of Joshua and Betlianie (Harmon) Blanton, and in 1842 immigrated to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Scott County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He received a very limited schooling in his native State, and alone mastered the English language sufficiently to engage in business for himself. He was married August 10, 1851, to Sarah A., daughter of John Pratt, an old and honored citizen of Tennessee. Fifteen children were born to this union, seven sons and eight daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are deceased. Those living are: Charles H., Alexander, Susan, Nancy, Virginia, Bethanie, John W., Phoebe and Edward (twins), Fred, and Emily J. After marriage Mr. Blanton settled on a farm of ninety acres, which he worked, and followed smelting lead ore for a number of years. In 1861 he began the trade of a blacksmith, which he has since followed. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Southern army under Gen. McBride, and participated in the battle of Pea Ridge, a number of skirmishes, and was discharged in 1862. He returned to his home and resumed his trade in Sullivan, where he now owns a good shop and tools, two houses and lots, and has an enviable reputation as a first-class workman. He is a stanch Democrat, and lends hearty support to his party. Mrs. Blanton is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Frederick F. Blom, merchant, is the son of Henry W. and Cathrina E. (Dickman) Blom, both natives of Germany. The mother had been previously married to a Mr. Voltman, with whom she came to St. Louis. She was afterward married to the father of our subject, and later moved to Franklin County, where she died. She had one son by her first marriage, and ten sons and two daughters by her second marriage. Of these children only five are now living. Frederick F. was born in Franklin County, January 23, 1860, and was educated in the common schools of the county. He remained at home until 1882, when he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine M. Lefmann, a native of this County, born in the year 1861. To this union were born three children, viz.: Louis H. W., Henry W,., Frederick W. In 1881, Mr. Blom, in partnership with his father, opened a store of general merchandise at Jeffriesburgh, where they remained in partnership two years, when the son became sole proprietor, and has been in active business ever since. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster at Jeffriesburgh, and is holding the office at present. Mr. Blom has made this county his home all his life, and is accounted a good business man and an honest, upright citizen. In politics, he is a stanch Democrat, but has never aspired to any place of public trust, but has always attended strictly to business, and as a result has met with well-merited success and patronage.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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August Boeger, dealer in general merchandise at Berger since January, 1887, is a native of Germany, born in 1848, and the son of Simon and Frederica (Schierenberg) Boeger, who came to the United States about 1856, locating in Osage County, Mo., where the father died about 1858. He was a farmer and served as a soldier in his native country. The mother is still living in Osage County, and is about seventy-five years old. Our subject received the rudiments of an education in the common schools and finished at St. Louis. He then began clerking in a wholesale grocery in St. Louis, and in 1877 began business upon his own responsibility. He engaged in merchandising in Osage County, and in 1884 went to St. Louis, where he became partner of the St. Louis Hardware and Cutlery Company, acted as secretary for the said firm until 1887, when he returned to Berger.and is at present carrying a large stock of general merchandise, one that would compare favorably with any in a city of several thousand inhabitants. In the year 1872 he married Miss Dora Klinge and by her became the father of four children, all sons: George, Louis, Henry and Charley. Mr. Boeger was postmaster at Boeger Store, in Osage County, for several years. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for U S. Grant. He and wife are members of the Evangelical Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Judge A. H. Bolte, who is one of the prominent citizens of Union Township, and judge of the probate court of Franklin County, is a native of that county, born September 3, 1854, and is the son of William H. and Charlotte Wilhelmina (Haase) Bolte. The father was born in Bersjhausen, Prussia, September 37, 1827, and is the son of Casper H. and Anna Catharina Elizabeth (Doermann) Bolte, both natives of Prussia. He was a farmer, and from 1862 until 1866 served as public administrator of Franklin County. The mother was born in Hanover February 10, 1834, and is the daughter of Henry and Anna M. E. Haase, both natives of Hanover. Both the parents of our subject are now living, and are members of the old school Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Judge grew to manhood on the farm and early attended the common schools. At the age of fifteen he entered the private high school at St. Louis, where he remained one year. In September 1871, he entered the Northwestern University at Watertown, Wis., where he remained until June, 1873, when he then entered the law department of the State University of Missouri, from which he graduated in March, 1875. He then entered the law office of James Halligan, at Union,and remained there until the death of that gentleman, in 1879. In November, 1880, he was elected as a Democrat to the office of probate judge of Franklin County, and re-elected in 1882, and again re-elected in 1886. He was united in marriage in 1882 to Miss Christina C. Arrand, a native of St. Louis, Mo., born in 1854, and the daughter of C. Arrand. To this union several children have been born. Mr. Bolte is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Charles Borberg, judge of the Franklin County Court, is a native of Switzerland, and was born in 1836. He is the eldest in a family of seven children born to Charles and Susan (Beishard) Borberg. Charles Borberg, Sr., was a professor of ancient languages in the Berne University of Switzerland, and in this institute our subject was educated. When but about fifteen years of age he lost his parents, and was thrown upon his own resources. He immigrated to the United States in 1850. landing in New York City in September of that year, when he entered a paint shop as an apprentice to the trade, which he followed in New York for about four years. In 1858 he removed to Franklin County, Mo , where he was engaged at his trade until 1861. April 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, First Missouri Infantry, Union army, served three months, and was then sworn in for three years' service in Company K, same regiment. He participated in the battles of Camp Jackson, Wilson's Creek, Boonville, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Corinth, Shiloh and others, being wounded in the right foot at the battle of Wilson's Creek, and in the left shoulder at Shiloh; he was promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant in 1864, and was mustered out as captain December 17, 1866, having served nearly six years. August 17, 1865, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Daniel Heeger, and they are the parents of six children, viz.: Charles, Bertha, Matilda, Adolph, Emil and Susan. Mr. Borberg owns a fine farm of 230 acres, well improved and stocked, a good vineyard and a comfortable residence. He was elected judge of the second district of the county court in November, 1886, is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the G. A. R., and, with hie wife, is a worthy member of the Lutheran Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Rudolph Borgmann, farmer, is the son of Herman and Mary (Sige) Borgmann, both natives of Hanover, Germany, where they were married, and where they lived until about 1853, when they came to America. They settled in Franklin County, Mo., and here passed the.remainder of their days. The father was a farmer, a Republican in politics, and he and wife were members of the Lutheran Church. The mother had been previously married, and five children were the result of this union. To her second marriage were born three children, Rudolph being the youngest. He was born in Hanover, Germany, and received his education in the German language. At the age of sixteen he came to this country by himself to join a brother, who had preceded him two years. He followed the carpenter's trade for about six months, and then began working by the month on a farm. Daring the war he served about six months in the militia. In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Koch, a native of this county, born in the year 1848, and the daughter of Henry and Kate (Botte) Koch, who were natives of Germany. To our subject and wife were born eleven children: Kate, Augusta, Karoline, Mary, Henry, William, Willhelmine, Rudolph, Elise, Joan and Elise. Mr. Borgmann is a successful farmer, having a fine farm of 101 acres, all of which he has made by his own efforts. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Otto Brauer, a book-keeper of Washington Brewery, owned by John B. Busch, is a native of Brunswick, Germany, born in 1840, son of Louis and Bertha (Buehrig) Brauer. The father was born in 1809 and died in 1879. He was a merchant by occupation. The mother died in 1861, at the age of forty-seven. Of the two children born to this union, Otto is the only one living. He was educated in his native country at the high school and at the Mercantile College at Hanover for two years. He then engaged in merchandising in Hanover, Dresden, Leipzig and Frankfort. In 1861 he entered the German army as a volunteer, and advanced afterward to second lieutenant in the reserve. In 1862 he accepted a position as book-keeper in a flour mill at Walbeck, and remained there three years. February 14, 1865, he married Miss Lena Born, who was born November 1, 1842, in Magdeburg, Prussia, and who bore him three children, of whom two have died. Louise, who is a teacher in the public school in Washington, is the only daughter now living. In 1886 Mr. Brauer immigrated to the United States, and settled in St. Louis, where he began as salesman in a wholesale house, remaining there four years. He then came to Pacific, Franklin Co., Mo., and engaged in school teaching, which occupation he followed for six years in that town. In 1876 he came to Washington, and was hired as teacher in the German department of the public schools, and taught four years. In 1878 he was appointed by the governor as commissioner of schools of Franklin County, and in 1880 was elected. December, 1881, he received the position of book-keeper for the large brewing establishment at Washington, Mo., and has since held that position. He has full control of the entire establishment, the owner, John B. Busch, being an invalid. Mr. Brauer is a Republican in politics, is a member of the A. O. U. W., and a Lutheran in his religious belief.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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A. H. Breekenkamp, member of the firm of Degen, Breckenkamp & Co., of the Washington Planing and Flouring Mills and lumber yard, also carpenters and builders of Washington, is a native of Franklin County, Mo., born in 1889, and a son of Henry and Mary (Kappelmann) Breckenkamp, both natives of Prussia, born in 1804 and 1805, respectively. The father was a carpenter by trade, was married in 1826 and in 1839 came to America settling in Franklin County, Mo., fourteen miles west of Union. He purchased 240 acres and fol¬lowed agricultural pursuits in connection with keeping a country store for sixteen years. He died in 1878. The mother died in 1876. Of the eight children born to their marriage our subject was the sixth. He was born three days after his parents settled in Franklin County, and what education he received was largely due to his own exertions. In 1861 he engaged in merchandising in St. Louis, but only continued this for six months. December 25, 1862, he married Miss Catherine Kappelmann, a native of Germany, born in 1842, and who came to the United States when five years of age. To Mr. Breckenkamp and wife were born five children; four of them are yet living: August H., Catherine, Edward and Clara. After marriage they settled in Lyon Township and here Mr. Breckenkamp continued tilling the soil. In 1862 he was appointed by the county court as county collector for two years. He then engaged in teaching school, and followed this for nine months, after which he was appointed public administrator to fill a vacancy. At the expiration of the term he was elected to the same position, which he held for eight years, being re-elected four times. in 1875 he came to Washington, and in 1880 became a partner in the first-mentioned business. The lumber yard was not combined until 1881. In 1867 he was appointed by the Governor as notary public, which position he now holds. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote in 1860. He was a strong Union man during the war, and was first lieutenant of the home militia. Mr. Breckenkamp is book-keeper and cashier of the firm of which he is a partner, and has been since he became a member. He, his wife and two of his children are members of the German Lutheran Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Daniel A. Brennan was born in Dauphin County, Penn., January 15,1840, the fifth in the family of ten children born to Thomas and Ann (McAllister) Brennan, natives, respectively, of Counties Donegal and Antrim, Ireland, who came to the United States at the respective ages of thirty and fifteen years. Mr. Brennan was a day laborer until he came to Missouri, when he engaged in fanning. He died in 1863 at the age of sixty-six years, and was one of the most substantial citizens of the county. Mrs. Ann Brennan died in 1873, aged sixty-six years. When an infant Daniel A. Brennan was taken to Louisiana by his parents, who moved to St. Louis in 1843, and the following year settled on the farm where our subject has since resided. He owns two tracts of land, of 144 and 274 acres respectively, on the Meramec River, well improved and stocked. February 15, 1863, he married Miss Ann Dunnigan, a native of Ireland, and a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Markey) Dunnigan, natives of County Louth, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Brennan are the parents of ten children, viz.: Mary, Thomas M., Annie, Elizabeth, Agnes, Daniel, James, Alice, Joseph, Pearl L. The parents are members of the Catholic Church. In political preference Mr. Brennan is Democratic. He has served as justice of the peace at different times ten years, and was elected chief register of the county immediately after the war. He was appointed postmaster at Catawissa in January, 1885, and established his present mercantile business in 1882. He was first associated with A. H. Daniel, whose interest was soon afterward purchased by Mr. Brennan, and his son Thomas M. Brennan admitted to the partnership. He served in the Missouri State militia during the late war; is a member of the A. O. U. W. and K. of P., and also of the "Franklin County Protective Association." Besides these he belongs to the Catholic Knights of America and Order of Chosen Friends.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John F. Brinkmann, retail liquor dealer of Washington, is a native of Germany, born in 1847, son of Peter H. and Ilsabeiu (Schwake) Brinkmann, both natives of Germany, born in 1819 and 1817, respectively. In 1855 Peter H. and family immigrated to America and settled in Warren County, Mo.,where he lived seven years, at the end of which time he moved to Washington and worked at a planing-mill at South Point. About 1872 he returned to Warren County, purchased a farm, and in two years sold out and bought 270 acres in Franklin County, where he settled, and where he has since lived. He has been twice married; his first wife died in 1862. She was the mother of four children: John F., Louise (wife of Henry Langemann), Henry H. and Harman H. There were four children by the second marriage: Lena, August, Charles and Ida. Our subject was the eldest by the first marriage; he was seven years of age when he came to America. He attained his growth on the farm, and at the age of eighteen began learning the carpenter's trade in the planing mills at South Point, and followed that business twelve years. In 1877 he established his present business, which he has since continued. In 1868 he married Miss Henrietta Windau, who was born in Germany in 1844. The fruits of this union were five children: August H., Ida, Mattie, Emil F. H. and Clara. In politics Mr. Brinkmann is a Republican, and he is a member of St. Peter's Evangelical Church. Since the above was written Mr. Brennan's partner, T. M. Brennan, who was the oldest son, died on the 16th of December, 1887, aged twenty-two years, three months and nineteen days. He was a member of Star Council, No,. 32, Order of Chosen Friends, in the State of Missouri and town of Catawissa.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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William Brix, editor and publisher of the Washington Post, in the German language, was born, in Washington, Franklin Co., Mo., in 1858, and is the son of Otto and Clara (Wolny) Brix. The father was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1822, came to America in 1849 and settled in Gasconade County, where he farmed for a few months, after which he moved to Hermann. In 1854 he came to Washington and became a civil engineer. In 1858 he erected the first pottery in Franklin County, making earthenware of various kinds. In 1865 he rented the pottery, and in 1872 sold out. From 1865 until 1869 he was surveyor and civil engineer of Franklin County, and in the latter year he established the Washington Post (German), and was editor and publisher until his death, which occurred in February, 1883. His wife was born in Bohemia about 1833, and died in 1863. She was the mother of three children, who lived to be grown. Our subject was the eldest of these children, and was educated in the schools of Washington. At the age of eleven he entered the printing office of the Post, and has since been in the business. After the death of" his father William succeeded him, and has continued the work successfully, it being the only German paper published in the county. Mr. Brix is a Republican in politics, and cast his first vote for James A. Garfield, in 1880.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Dr. Charles Brockhausen, physician and surgeon of Berger.is a native of Germany, born in 1843,and the son of Rev. Rudolph and Charlotta (Koenig) Brockhausen, who are still living in Germany, aged eighty-two and sixty-six, respectively. The father was n minister in the German Reformed Church for a great many years, having celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in the work in 1879. Our subject received a good scientific and literary education, mostly under the instruction of his father, who was master of several languages, in which the Doctor took a thorough course. In 1863 he came to the United States, and began reading medicine under Dr. Schade, of St. Louis. He attended medical college there in 1869-70, took one course in the State University of New York, and graduated at St. Louis Medical College in 1871; prior to that and during the time he was an assistant physician in St. Louis City Hospital. Soon after graduating the Doctor located at Washington, but did not remain there long before he returned to St. Louis, where he remained until 1877, then coming to Berger. Here he has since been located, and has an extensive and lucrative practice. He is well learned in his profession, and is one of the most successful and eminent physicians of Franklin County. While in St. Louis he was a member of the school board for some time. March 1, 1871, he wedded Miss Mary Fischer, of Washington, Mo., who bore him one child, Mary. Mrs. Brockhausen died in 1873, and in 1875 the Doctor married Miss Mary Meyer, a native of Germany, who also bore him one child, Elizabeth. While in his native country the Doctor received diplomas in pharmacy and chemistry. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for U. 8. Grant. He is a member, of the Masonic fraternity, and of the A. O. U. W. Dr. Brockhausen lost his second wife in 1883.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John H. Broeker, manufacturer of band-made bricks of all kinds, and a member of the firm of H. H. Beinke & Broeker, commenced the business August 28, 1874, his partner at that time being Henry Michael. Mr. Broeker was born in Germany in 1831, and in 1857 came to the United States, and directly to Washington, Mo., where he worked as a day laborer.
In 1866 he married Miss Louisa Baumhofer, who was born in Germany in 1846, and who bore him five children, three now living: John, Augusta and Minnie. Mrs. Broeker died in
1880, and since that time our subject's daughters have been keeping house for him. Mr. Broeker's partnership with Mr. Michael lasted until 1885, when the present organization was established and has since been in successful operation. During the existence of the first firm they made 300,000 bricks per annum, making in all 3,000,000, and for the past three seasons the present firm has made 1,000,000 or 333,000 per year. During the war Mr. Broeker was a strong Union man, and when hostilities opened he was a home guard three months. October 13, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Second Missouri Regiment Artillery, for three years or during the war. This company was commanded by Capt. Fox, and Mr. Broeker was in service one year and ten months, being mostly in St. Louis, at Jefferson Barracks. He was discharged in August, 1863, at St. Louis, his services being no longer needed. Mr. Broeker is a Republican in his political views, and a member of St. Peter's Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Addison H. Brown, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Boles Township, Franklin County, was born in Circleville, Westmoreland Co., Penn., March 28, 1839, and is the eldest of nine children born to John and Margaret (Metraffey) Brown, also natives of Westmoreland County, Penn., and of Scotch-Irish descent. John Brown, who served fifteen years as justice of the peace in his native county, was a son of Henry and Eliza (Harkness) Brown. Two of Mr. Brown's sons were educated for the Presbyterian ministry, and one of them, Rev. David Brown, is preaching at Newton, Iowa. Addison H. Brown was reared in Circle¬ville until his thirteenth year, when he removed to a farm with his parents. He received an academical education, and engaged in teaching school until twenty-four years of age. In 1863 he was married to Mary J. Gaut, a native of Pennsylvania. He taught school during the winter months, and farmed during the summer, until 1880, when he engaged in merchandising in Wall, near Pittsburgh, four years, since which time he has followed farming. He owns 185 acres of well-improved land near Pacific, as well as town lots and coal land in Pennsylvania. Mr. Brown removed to Franklin County Mo., in 1865, where his wife died in 1877. In 1880 Mr. Brown returned to Pennsylvania, and in July of that year was married to Mrs. Matilda Linhart, nee Umbarger. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which the former is clerk of sessions and trustee. He is a Republican in politics, and while residing in Pennsylvania served three years as justice of the peace. During the late war he served in the Pennsylvania State Militia. He is one of the present board of school directors of Pacific.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Clark C. Brown, proprietor of The Tribune of Union, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Kankakee County, 111., September 19,1858, and is the son of Samuel and Jane (Calkins) Brown. The father was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., September 20,1813, and was the son of Ichabod Brown, also a native of New York State. Samuel came west at the age of twenty-five, and located in Michigan, but later removed to Ohio. From there he removed to Illinois, and in 1869 removed to Missouri, located in Franklin County, and here followed agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1878. The mother was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., May 3, 1832, and is the daughter of Cornelius C. Calkins. She is still living and is a resident of Boone Township, Franklin Co., Mo. The subject of this sketch remained with his parents in Kankakee County, Ill., until his eleventh year and then came to Franklin County, Mo. He secured a limited education in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen began teaching, having by his own exertions fitted himself for that calling. Having followed the profession of a school teacher for eleven years, he established The Tribune, a newspaper of Union, of which he at once took active management, and is engaged at that business at the present. The Tribune is being conducted as a candid, earnest Republican paper, and occupies a worthy position among other journals of the county.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Capt. Arch. S. Bryan, of Washington, is a native of Warren County, Mo., born in 1831, the son of John and Hulda (Lamme) Bryan. The Bryan family originally came from Wales, and immigrated to America with Lord Baltimore, locating in Pennsylvania, and afterward in Kentucky. John Byran was of this branch. He was born in Kentucky in 1804, and in his youth came to Warren County, Mo., married and began merchandising at Duke Prairie. He died in 1836, while yet in the prime of life. His wife was of French extraction. Her ancestors were driven from Prance with the French Huguenots, and settled in North Carolina. When Daniel Boone immigrated into Kentucky they joined the party. Boone was a great-grandfather of Hulda Lamme. The latter was born in Warren County, Mo., in 1807, her parents having moved to Missouri from Kentucky at a very early day. Mrs. Bryan died April 1, 1881. She was the mother of four children, two of whom are living: Arch. S. and Adaline (wife of Hezekiah Moore). Arch. S. Bryan was but five years of age when his father died. He was educated in St. Charles County, and was reared and grew to manhood on a farm, and in 1830, during the gold excitement in the Far West, he determined to obtain his share of the hidden treasure, and went overland with a train of about fifty men. It took them six months to complete the journey. The Captain for the first year was engaged in mining, but the next two years followed mercantile pursuits. In 1853 he returned to Warren County, Mo., by way of Nicaragua. In the summer of 1854 he followed agricultural pursuits, and the next year engaged in boating on the Missouri River, taking the position of captain, and has, for the past thirty-two years, been en¬gaged in the same business. He has sailed the Missouri River from its source to its mouth, and up the Yellowstone, on the Cumberland, Ohio, Osage and Gasconade. Ho is one of the oldest captains on the " Big Muddy" who has been continuously in the same business. His headquarters have been at Washington since commencing. He is the captain and owns one-half interest of the " General Meade," and has been for the past four years running from St. Louis to Rocheport, on the Missouri River, a distance of 200 miles. The " General Meade " has a capacity of 500 tons. Capt. Bryan has run as captain on the following steamers: "Wide Awake," "Mill Boy," "Calypso," " Hattie May," "Evening Star," "Washington," "Yellow Stone," " Western," "Phil. E. Chappell," and "General Meade," and others. January 28, 1857, Capt. Bryan married Miss Mary E. Sterigere, daughter of Judge David Sterigere (deceased). Mrs. Bryan was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1839, and to her marriage were born six children: William, Charles, Susie, Katie, John and Archie. Our subject is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masonic Order, Lodge No. 251 of Washington, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Henry J. Buhr, manufacturer of wagons, carriages, buggies and farming implements and all kinds of repairing at Washington, Mo., was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1835, and is a son of John H. Buhr and Maria Elizabeth Buhr, born Holtmeyer. The father was born in Hanover, Germany, the 18th of December, 1800. His wife was born in Hanover, Germany, the 15th of April, 1801, and in 1833 immigrated to America, and settled three miles south of Washington, in Franklin County, Mo. He followed agricultural pursuits, and owned
130 acres of land. His wife died March 26, 1848, and she was the mother of six children, and after her death the father married Miss Katie M. Brunsmann, and she is the mother of seven children. The father died June 36, 1865. Our subject was the third child by the first marriage. He was reared and grew to manhood on the farm, and when twenty years of age, in 1855, commenced to learn the wagon-maker's trade. He worked one year in Washington, after which he went to St Louis, and, after working there one year, returned to Washing¬ton and worked for three years longer, and in 1860 worked on the farm, and in St. Louis at his trade in 1861. He established a shop on his own responsibility, and has since continued at the same trade. He has made on an average about fifteen vehicles per annum, besides doing general repairing. June 1,1865, he married Miss Katie Placke, a native of Franklin County, Mo.,born in 1837. To this marriage were born six children: Josephina M. (Mrs. Gustav Filla), Cecilia A.., William F., Agatha M., Henry F. and Vincent F. Politically, Mr. Buhr is a Democrat, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Samuel Burt is a native of Scioto County, Ohio, born August 22, 1824, and is the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Swar) Burt, natives, respectively, of New Jersey and Ohio. The father, when a young child, moved with bis parents from New Jersey to Ohio. He was a farmer, and to his marriage were born ten children, nine now living. Both parents passed their last days in the State of Ohio. Samuel is the third child. He remained with his parents until December 25, 1850, when he came to Franklin County, Mo., and here he has since continued to live, actively engaged in agricultural pursuits and in mining. On coming to Missouri he had only $10 to his name, but is now the owner of considerable property, 160 acres of improved land in Franklin County, and 120 acres in Crawford County. He is now beginning to operate, and has excellent prospects, in a mine near his home. In 1847 he married Mary Jane Brigs, a native of Scioto County, Ohio, born in 1830, and who bore him ten children, eight now living: Sarah, William, Amanda, Julia, Ellen, Henry S., Emma and Leslie. Mary F. and Clarence are deceased. In 1850 Mr. Burt went to Denver, Colo., where he worked in the gold mines, but met with very little success. He is an enterprising citizen, and a Republican in his political views. Mrs. Burt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John B. Busch, proprietor of Washington Brewery, is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, born in 1832, and is the son of Ulrich and Barbara (Pfeiffer) Busch. The father was born in 1772. and was a lumber merchant by occupation. He died in 1852. His wife was born in 1775, and died in 1840. Mr. Busch was married three times, and was the father of twenty-three children. He was well respected, and was a man of large estate. His second wife, Barbara Pfeiffer, was the mother of twelve children, John B. being the second child. In 1849 he left his native country and immigrated to America, settled in St. Louis, and began learning the brewery business with his brother, George. He worked for him two years, and in 1852 he entered the McHenry College, at Lebanon, and studied the English language for two years. In 1854 he went to Howard College, at Fayette, Mo., and here attended one year. In 1855 he came to Washington, Mo., and established what is now widely known as the Washington Brewery, his partners being his brother, Henry, and Fred Gersie. The partnership continued about five years, and since 1866, Mr. Busch has had full control, being the sole owner. He manufactures beer exclusively, and does an enormous business, it being of a first-class quality and in great demand. In 1858 he married Miss Antonia Krumsick, who was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1838, and who came to Franklin County, Mo., in 1853. To them were born seven children: George U., John B., Jr., Julius, Ulrieh, Anton, Walter and Lillie M. Mr. Busch is a Democrat in his political views, and an Ancient Member of the Masonic Order and I. 0. 0. P. He is a Catholic, and his wife a Lutheran.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Julius F. Busch, proprietor of the " Cheap Store " and dealer in notions, dry goods, tinware, gents' furnishing goods, clothing, hats, caps, etc., is a native of Franklin County, Mo., born in 1851, and is the son of Gordian L. and Pauline (Muench) Busch. The father was born in Westphalia, Germany in 1821, and when fourteen years of age came to America with his parents, Louis G. and Mary Anne Busch, who settled two miles above Newport in Franklin County, but who failed to get a clear title to the farm. The following year they located four miles west of Washington, and it was here that Gordian L. grew to manhood, married, and afterward settled on the old home place, where he now resides, and where he owns 650 acres. His wife was born in Hessen, Germany, in 1827, and came to the United States when seven years of age. To their marriage were born nine children: Julius F., Mary Anne, Edward G. (hardware merchant in Washington) and Charles, twins (who is raising blooded horses); Ida (Mrs. C. P. Fricke), Louise, Oscar, Adolph and Frederick. Julius F. was-educated in the home schools and at St. Louis. At the age of fifteen he went to that city and worked one year in a store. He then returned to his home, and when twenty-one years of age went to Chicago, where he worked ore year in a wholesale liquor house. He then again returned home and farmed until 1884, when he went to New Haven and established an agency in selling agricultural implements, which he continued for two years. For six months he was a partner with J. Beyer in the pottery business in Washington. In January, 1887, a stock company was organized, and Mr. Busch continues to hold stock in the same. In September, 1887, he purchased the " Cheap Store " of W. E. Bingham, and has since continued in that business. February 22, 1877, he married Miss Adeline Doellner, a native of St. Louis, and to them were born four children: Ella, Adella, Ottilie and Norvin. Mr. Busch is a Republican in politics, and a member of the A. O. U. W.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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P. M. Butler, M. D., the oldest practicing physician of Franklin County, was born in Beaufort, S. C, May 15, 1825. His father, Edward Butler, and his mother, Eliza (Cuddy) Butler, were born, reared and married in Dublin, Ireland, soon after marriage they moved to South Carolina, and lived on a plantation, where the mother died in 1853. The following year the father came to Franklin County, and here died in 1862. Both were Episcopalians, and of their family of nine children four are now living. The oldest child now living, our subject, had good advantages for an education. After a thorough preparatory training, and after graduating from Columbia College, South Carolina, in 1844, two years later he graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and afterward came to St. Louis to practice his profession. He remained here but a very short time, and then, finding the city well supplied with men of his profession, moved to Franklin County and located where he is now living, the same year, and where he has ever since enjoyed a lucrative practice. In 1859 he married Aurelia Picot, a native of St. Louis, born in 1839, and the daughter of Louis G. Picot, a lawyer of that city. By this union Dr. Butler became the father of seven living children, five sons and two daughters. The second son, Louis P., is preparing for the practice of medicine. The Doctor is a stanch Democrat in politics, and in connection with his profession is largely interested in farming. For over forty-one years he has practiced his profession in this county, and upon his first advent here his practice was very much scattered, he at one time being obliged to ride a distance of eighty-six miles in making the round trip. He now owns considerable property, the greater part of which he has made by the practice of his profession.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Pierce N. Butler, Jr., M. D., is a native of Franklin County, Mo., born October 13, 1850, and is the eldest child of Edward and Mary (Thompson) Butler. He received his literary education at the St. Louis University, and graduated in medicine from the St. Louis Medical College, in 1874. Soon after receiving his degree he located in Washington, Mo., where he still continues to practice his profession. In 1875 and 1877 he was elected coroner of his native county, both times on the Democratic ticket, which he never was known to scratch, but sticks them in straight. In 1882 he attended medical lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, and graduated from that institution in 1883. While in New York City he received private instructions in diseases of women, under Drs. Paul F. Munde and Walter G. Wylie, of the Polyclinic, and in diseases of throat and nose, under Francke Huntington Bosworth, A. M., M. D., of the Bellevue School.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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William Henry Buttemiller is the son of John F. and Anna M. Bultemiller. The father's name before marriage was Drevel, but, marrying a lady of landed estate, took her name, and their five children were born in Germany. The father was a blacksmith by trade. In 1839 they set sail for America, and in the spring of the following year settled on the farm upon which William is now residing. Having borrowed enough money to buy eighty acres of wild land, they were obliged to work very hard and use great economy in order to keep their home. From exposure, the father died soon after coming here, but the mother lived to a good old age. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. William was born in Prussia, Germany, and while growing up learned the trade of his father, but did not follow it long after coming to America. In 1853 he married Miss Mary W. Vemmers, who was also born in Germany, about 1832, and who bore him ten children: Mary E., Anna M., Franz F., Mary F., Herman W., Frederick W., Franz A., John F., Margaret L. and William L. For forty-seven years our subject has lived in Franklin County, and is a good farmer and citizen. He owns 150 acres, all of which he has made by his own efforts. He served in the militia during the late war; is not a strict partisan, but votes for the best man. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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